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Legal Citation: 475 U.S. 503 (1986)

Petitioner
S. Simcha Goldman

Respondent
Caspar W. Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That the U.S. Air Force regulations on uniform dress preventing petitioner from wearing a yarmulke while on duty violate his First Amendment right to free exercise of religion, and that the Supreme Court reverse the U.S. Court of Appeals prior ruling that strict enforcement of Air Force regulations is permissible.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Nathan Lewis

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Kathryn A. Oberly

Justices for the Court
Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., William H. Rehnquist (writing for the Court), John Paul Stevens, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Harry A. Blackmun, William J. Brennan, Jr., Thurgood Marshall, Sandra Day O'Connor